zeppelins - 2025 SHOW-ME Four

Packet 3: Tossup 13

A burning one of these things is called a “baby-killer” in a piece of British World War I propaganda. (15[1])An April 1933 storm off of New Jersey killed 73 people (15[1])when it destroyed one of these things, the Akron. (-5[1])A reporter for (15[1])WLS radio interviewed (15[1])Captain (15[1])Max Pruss (15[1]-5[1])in the aftermath of an event involving (15[1])one (-5[1])of these vehicles, (0[1]-5[2])which (-5[2])the spire of the (15[1])(*) Empire (-5[1])State Building (10[1])was designed to accommodate. (10[4]-5[3])While in Lakehurst, New Jersey, Herbert Morrison exclaimed “oh, the humanity!” when one of these (10[1])vehicles crashed. (10[1])A German count names, for 10 points, what aircraft like the Hindenburg which are similar to blimps? ■END■ (10[6]0[1])

ANSWER: zeppelins [or airships or dirigibles; accept Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin; reject “blimps”] (Blimps are a specific type of airship which lack a structural frame, unlike zeppelins which have one.)

<Other History — Sam Macchi> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 3

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Mkd Vinodh	Fremd Larpers	son toliver	18	15
Oren Shwartz	USN C	Athens Bible School	29	15
Henry Sullivan	Traverse City Central A	Taylor	38	-5
Virinchi Tata	Quaker Oats	POA	41	15
Rohan Jain	(not so) Evil Empire	washed and braindead!!!	44	15
Jade Dai	Bombardino Rizzbaino and the Tung Tung Tung Trio	ASCA (Ava, Sean, Chris, and Aiden)	45	15
Michael Masciovecchio	New Boston Huron	U of D Jesuit	47	15
Carson Tidwell	Merrol Hyde A	Franklin Road Academy	47	-5
Aaron Liu	Okemos A	Hillsdale Academy D	54	15
Khoa Ta	Owensboro	USN B	55	-5
Daniel Buzdugan	Utica Academy	New Buffalo B	58	-5
Reid McCabe	Hillsdale Academy C	Williamston	58	-5
Liam Mooney	USN B	Owensboro	58	0
Dashiell Price	Traverse City Central B	Detroit Catholic Central B	59	-5
Mason Lack	USN A	Harpeth Hall	59	-5
John Watts	Portland High	Merrol Hyde B	63	15
Nick Giska	Detroit Country Day A	Coldwater	64	-5
Austen Antonio	Detroit Catholic Central C	White Cloud B	66	10
Jakob Roskey	DeWitt A	Chelsea	70	10
Ahmad Abdelhak	Detroit Country Day B	Grand Ledge	70	-5
Evan Breese	Rockford B	Hillsdale Academy A	70	10
Colin Maxworthy	Detroit Catholic Central A	New Buffalo A	70	-5
Chaithanya Budida	Okemos B	Rockford A	70	-5
Joey Smith	Troy B	DeWitt B	70	10
Suchet Kuturu	Copilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournament	ccny potato salad	70	10
Cole Campbell	Troy A	Hillsdale Academy B	85	10
Alice Wasinger	Holt	White Cloud A	87	10
Andersen Meisner	Detroit Catholic Central B	Traverse City Central B	105	10
Evan Yaney	Grand Ledge	Detroit Country Day B	105	10
Grace Summers	New Buffalo A	Detroit Catholic Central A	105	10
Evelyn Ixtepan-Pucheta	New Buffalo B	Utica Academy	105	0
Brady Bowers	Rockford A	Okemos B	105	10
Ayden Paquette	Taylor	Traverse City Central A	105	10
Randy Cooper	Franklin Road Academy	Merrol Hyde A	105	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
Rube Goldberg XIX	11/20/2025	✓	16	81%	13%	50%	82.62
SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS	11/20/2025	✓	5	100%	80%	0%	43.60
SPOOKY IX	11/20/2025	✓	5	60%	40%	60%	65.67